LIFE IN A CAVE.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20385, 14 October 1929, Page 8

LIFE IN A CAVE.

TWO ARRESTS AT SYDNEY#

SEPTiC WOUND IN MAN'S LEG.

A few days ago, while Sydney detectives were making a search of the harbour foreshores around Rose Bay, they discovered a large cave in the face of the cliff. It was boarded in with galvanised iron and driftwood, and was fairly comfortably fitted up inside. The floor was covered with boards, and besides two bunks there were shelves and a brick and stone fireplace.

Lying in the s«in on a pile of driftwood outside the cave the detectives found two men. They were watching th? speed-boat races in the bay. One of .he men, a young American, had two septic wounds in his leg, above the knee—one wound on each side of his leg. He was obviously ill, and there were septic spots on _ his arms. His leg was in terrible condition. It had apparently mot been dressed for two days. There ,-wgs no basin in tbe cave in which to bathe it, and no clean linen to dress it. The American told the detectives that be came from Texas as a sailor, that hs had been iin the city for about four months, and that he had been living in the cave for months. He was taken to ft hospital in a serious condition. A police guard was placed beside his bed. The other man, who said he had been living in title cave for eight years, was arrested on a vagrancy charge.